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...because of the way that both the Starr investigation and impeachment went forward--sometimes a legal process, sometimes just politics where the rules of prosecution didn't apply--it was also hard to claim that the ideal of law lent the thing an extra measure of ironclad credibility...
...addition, although age-discrimination suits rarely become known beyond the parties involved, some workers fear that word of one might get to a prospective employer and hurt their chances of being hired. Moreover, if an employee wins an out-of-court settlement, the employer almost invariably demands an ironclad pledge of nondisclosure. Unlike widely publicized jury awards in discrimination cases, such employee-settlement victories provide no information to outsiders of the extent of the discrimination a company has conceded...
Next best would be an ironclad guarantee that Beijing will stop selling nuclear-weapons technology to Iran and Pakistan. That would unlock the sale of peaceful nuclear technology, guidance systems and high-speed computers that China covets for economic development. But Beijing has a history of ignoring the spirit, if not the letter, of its commitments, and Clinton has demanded unequivocal, airtight assurances before he does a deal. Officials seem hopeful, though, that this could be the summit's chief tangible accomplishment...
MEXICO CITY: In what is being called a victory for democracy in Mexico, the PRI, the governing party which has ruled the nation for almost 70 years, appears to be losing its ironclad grip on power in Congress. After 80 percent of the vote was tallied, the PRI commanded 38.2 percent of the vote compared to 27.3 percent for the center-right National Action Party and 25.2 percent for the centrist Democratic Revolution Party. Despite the PRI's difficulties, largely a reflection of voter outrage over the state of the economy, TIME's Tim Padgett says the party will still...
...Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, after President Clinton offered last-minute assurances that the U.S. would withdraw from the treaty if it ever becomes necessary to protect America against the spread of chemical weapons. Despite strong opposition from many of his conservative colleagues, Lott hailed the offer as an "ironclad commitment" from the White House and said the U.S. will be "marginally better off with it than without it." With some 17 Republicans pinning their decisions on whichever way Lott voted, his move could be enough to muster the two-thirds majority that is required for ratification. The treaty would...